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===========================================Overview-----------------------------------------------------------Innovative systems in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) alter the way we read and understand texts fundamentally. The novel reading experiences shifts our perception and deliver the visual, textual and sensory data in exploratory ways. HCI altered reading systems can take into account the needs and the preferences of the user and transform reading environments with design features. The aim of this focus section is to investigate emerging book formats and reading experiences supported by HCI that can have benefits in education, well-being, sustainability and creativity. Visionary and artistic work as well as research in connection to reading via emerging interactive technologies will be overviewed.Focus Section in IxDxA Journal stems out of a NordiCHI 2016 Workshop entitled, “The Future of Books and Reading in HCI”. It builds on the exchanges through the workshop, and it aims to reflect on how book systems will be altered in the future in radical ways.

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• HCI transformed reading experiences evaluation methods and instruments• HCI transformed reading in education• HCI transformed reading case studies• HCI transformed reading and play• Augmented reality & novel reading experiences• Transformations in relation to the future of books and reading in HCI• Visionary interactive book experiences and their benefits• Sensory books, reading experiences supported with special materials• Accessories and inserted gadgets, altered vision in books• Interactive books that support reading in special needs• Interactive books that support creative thinking, cognition and narrative development especially in children• Spatial transformations during interactive reading experiences• The pros and cons of various interactive books and methodologies used• The influence of novel book representations on understanding and cognitive processes• Evaluation methods and approaches for interactive books and reading experiences.

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